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2. B. glastif61ia, L'llcr. Leaves lanceolate, ascendirif; ; achenia obovate, 

 l)r()a(lly wiii-fil ; ])ai>|iiis of several short bristles and 2 or 3 short awns. — Kiih 

 soil, reiiiisvlvania to Illinois and soutiiward. Sept., Oet. — Plant 2° -4° hit;h. 



* * IIhii/s swtill, fHtniclcd on ihe slrm/rr lirdncJws. 



3. B. dijRTtlsa, L'lli-r. Stem ditiusely I)ranthcd ; leaves lance-linear, those 

 on tlic liraiK lilcts very small and awl-sliaprd ; pajipns of several very short bris- 

 tles and 2 sliort awns. — Prairies near Centralia, Illinois ( Vascif), and southwest- 

 ward. AiJg. - Oct. 



17. BELLIS, Tourn. Daisy. 



Heads many-flowered, radiate; the rays nnmerons, pistillate. Scales of the 

 involucre lierl)aceous, etpial, in about 2 rows. Heceptacle conical, naked. Ache- 

 nia obovate, flattened, winjiless, and without any pappus. — Low herbs (all but 

 onr sinjilc species natives of the Old World), cither stemless, like the true Daisy, 

 B. j>erennis, or leafy-stemmed, as is the following. (The Latin name, from 

 lieUiis, pretty.) 



1. B. integrifdlia, Michx. (Western Daisy.) Annual or biennial, 

 diffu.sely bram lied (4' -9' high), snioothish ; leaves lanceolate or oblong, the 

 lower spatulatc-obovatc ; heads on slender peduncles ; rays pale violet-purple. — 

 Prairies and banks, Kentucky and southwestward. March- June. 



18. BRACHYCHiETA, Ton-. & Gr. False Golden-rod. 



Heads and flowers nearly as in Solidag«, except the pappus, which is a row 

 of minute rather scale-like bristles, shorter than the achenia. — A perennial herb, 

 with rounded or ovate serrate leiwes, all the htm- ones heml-sluiped ; the small 

 yellow heads in sessile clusters racemed or sjaked on the branches. (Name com- 

 posed of ^pap^ilf, shorl, and X"""'?' (>''istle, from the pappus.) 



1. B. cord^ta, Torr. & Gr. (Solidago cordata, Slio)-t.) Wooded hills, 

 E. Kentucky and southward. Oct. — Plant 2<'-4° high, slender, more or less 

 pubescent. 



19. SOLIDAGO, L. Golden-rod. 



Heads few -many-flowered, radiate; the rays 1-16, pistillate. Scales of the 

 oblong involucre ajjprcssed, destitute of heri)aceous tips (except No. 1 ). Recep- 

 tacle small, not cliafly. Achenia many-riipbed, nearly terete. Pappus simple, 

 of equal capillary bristles. ^Perennial herbs, with mostly wand-like stems and 

 nearly sessile stem-leaves, never heart-shaped. Heads small, racemed or clus- 

 tered : flowers both of the disk and ray (except No. 2) yellow. (Name from so- 

 lulo, to join, or make whole, in alln-^^ion to reputed vulnerary (jualities.) Flow- 

 ering in autumn. 



§ 1. CHUYSASTRUM, Torr. & Gr. Scales of the much imhHcattd and rigid 



inrohicrc with alnuptli) sprmdini/ hnliacrous tips : heads in c/nstrrs or (jlomcrate 



racemes, disjiosed in a dense somtichat Ua/i/ and intcrrufilid iraud-lih eumjmind 



spilce. 



L S. squarrbsa, Muhl. Stem stout (2°-.')0 high), hairy above; leaves 



large, oblong, or the lower spatulutc-oval and tapering into a luurgincd petiole. 



